Nigeria’s basic education has many unqualified teachers – Minister
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, says there is a large number of unqualified teachers at the nation’s basic education level. Anwuka made the remark at the Annual Education...
View ArticleNigeria under Buhari becoming a shame, everything now ‘inconclusive’ – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm that Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari was fast becoming a shame. According to him, the failed attempt by the All Progressives Congress...
View ArticleAnti-social media law: Protesters take grievance to National Assembly
The anti social media protest was Tuesday morning taken to the National Assembly by protesters against the ongoing law to gag the online platform by the nation’s lawmakers. Protesters with placards...
View ArticleBayelsa Guber: Corps members who served as adhoc staff allegedly missing
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Bayelsa state, has revealed the predicament some National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members that served as adhoc staff to the commission faced...
View ArticleHow Awa people of Brazil adopt animals to breastfeed
The Awa or Guaja tribe is an endangered indigenous group of people living in a remote region in the eastern Amazon forests of Brazil. Their language is in the Tupi-Guarani family. Originally living in...
View ArticleCourt adjourns Dasuki’s trial to 2016
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the trial of the embattled former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, to January 20, 2016. The case was adjourned by...
View Article62-year-old cobbler caught raping two minors after enticing them with Gala, Coke
A 62-year-old cobbler, Ambrose Chukwudubem who was caught raping two girls, aged 11 and 12 respectively in Owerri, the Imo State capital has blamed the devil for the act. Chukwudubem who was caught...
View Article58-year-old fake police woman docked for impersonation
One Adetolani Afoke, was Tuesday, arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly putting on the uniform of a deputy superintendent of police,(DSP) with an intent to...
View ArticleCourt sacks ex-Kogi Speaker from House of Reps, bars him from re-run poll
The election of a former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Abdullahi Bello into the Federal House of Assembly has been upturned by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. The ruling...
View ArticleBenin Republic presidential aspirant promises closer ties with Nigeria
A front line Presidential aspirant in next year’s presidential election in the Republic of Benin, Abdulaye Bio Tchane has revealed that he would ensure a closer relationship between Nigeria and his...
View ArticleAccess Bank Leadership Conference 2015: Innovation in the financial system
A stellar line-up of global business and political leaders will next week storm Lagos for the 2015 Access Leadership Conference organised by Access Bank Plc. This year’s Access Conference which holds...
View ArticleLabour Party National Secretary, Kayode Ajulo resigns
The National Secretary, Labour Party, Barrister Olukayode Ajulo has resigned. In a letter addressed to the National Chairman on Tuesday, the legal luminary informed the Party that his resignation is...
View ArticleFG to appoint desk officers nationwide for effective electricity supply –...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government will appoint Power Desk Officers in 36 states and FCT for effective electricity development in the country....
View ArticleBill to make Presidents appoint Ministers in two months passes second reading
MThe House of Representatives on Tuesday, read for the second time, a Bill for an Act to provide for timely composition of cabinet with portfolios attached by the President of Nigeria. The sponsor of...
View Article2015 under review: Events, people that shaped the year
The year 2015 is one of the most significant years in the history of Nigeria and will not be forgotten in a hurry. Even before the year kick-started, series of predictions had been made on what lied...
View ArticleMourinho is living on borrowed time at Chelsea
Chelsea’s mini-revival ended on Saturday. Newly-promoted Bournemouth left Stamford Bridge with all three points, after a sensational 1-0 win. It put an end to a run, where the Blues managed to stay...
View ArticleWe will flush out prostitutes from Uyo – Commissioner
The Akwa Ibom State government has explained that commercial sex workers constituted nuisance along the streets of the state capital, hence, its intention to evacuate them from the streets of Uyo. Dr....
View ArticleFocal officer says 70% of HIV positive persons do not disclose status
Mrs Akon Udofia, the Focal Officer, Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, said more than 70 per cent of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the state were not...
View ArticleOyegun, Frank differ over Lai Mohammed’s replacement
The void created by the ministerial appointment of Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday pitched the party’s chairman, Chief John...
View ArticleOyo police recover charms, others from kidnap, robbery suspects
The Oyo State Police Command, Thursday, paraded 22 suspects for alleged offences which ranged from kidnapping, armed robbery and production of illegal firearms. Speaking with newsmen in Ibadan while...
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